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Citv Placed Servicemen's nn 0 1 1 Htrtf MONDAY SECTION Here and There Ianto-Man Style Urged Upon Preachers Religion can be something different than "pie in the gkv," a young Pittsburgh priest is convinced, if the clergy trill serve it up as one American to another. Preaching that demonstrates the man in the pulpit is Silently, Mercilessly It Seizes and Then Blacks Out Its Carbon Monoxide Gives No Unwitting Victims Warning pew is what the Reverend MORNING, DECEMBER V. 'The new flue make it I sat there a minute after 'phoning and he came up and said 'Don't worry, Mummy. I'll hold your Samuel O. Canter, meanwhile had left hi3 hardware business v.

On Surplus Map: In Ohio i Local Industries Told Where to Puy; No Listing of Goods By John L. Edwards Post-Gazeti Stff Writer Regional officials of the RFC in Cleveland have at last got Pittsburgh on their surplus property map, but they've got the location cockeyed as a Hitler haircut they've moved Pittsburgh over into Ohio and made it a suburb of Warren. Floyd E. Brickel, assistant RFC regional manager in charge Ot: surplus property, has informed the. Pittsburgh Smaller Manufacturers', Council that a warehouse full of surplus at Norwood, Ohio, has; been designated as a "Pittsburgh Warehouse" and that Pittsburgh industries may buy everything in What's in the warehouse? Well, Mr.

Brickel didn't know. Neither do Pittsburgh district industrial purchasing agents, be cause they have never received any listings of surplui property at Norwood, which is 92 miles away. The Cleveland RFC office has been under orders from Washington for more than a month to get surplus industrial and production equipment and materials moving into the Pittsburgh district. "We assume," said Arthur B. Davies, director of the local manufacturers' council, "that that's how they intend to fulfill their obligation to Pittsburgh by giving us a warehouse 92 miles away full of God knows what.

Meantime, hundreds of sales of surplus machinery have been made by the RFC to Ohio firms, but a Pittsburgh industry, Mr. Davies said, has been unable to buy machine tools in Scottdale for which it put up a check three weeks ago. RFC officials in Cleveland have since insisted the Pittsburgh district office has authority to handle sales to eligible buyers without red tape. Still Can't Get Anything "That was just talk," Mr. Davie? asserted, "because you still have, to deal through Cleveland and you still can't get anything.

They try to run Pittsburgh by remote control from Cleveland and that can't be done." Added confusion to surplus disposal here is promised by abolish i ment of the Smaller War Plantr Corporation, ordered last week by President Truman, and new functions of the War Assets Corporation which are supposed to start tomorrow. Mr. Brickel said reorganization of the Pittsburgh district offiio will be necessary for it to the functions of the SWPC. These include war veterans' ap plications to purchase surplu and, in some instances, to act ar purchasing agent for veterans. The SWPC promised on Decern ber 14 through a plan instigated by Congressman James G.

Fultoiv to buy $1,000,000 worth of surplu -( trucks for Pittsburgh district wai veterans. None of the promised 600 truck; have appeared here yet, auu wilu uie svvhj aouusneu, iui-( fillment of the $1,000,000 promise to local veterans now becomes the obligation of the RFC. AMVETS Have 18 Posts Now Eighteen posts, with a tota', membership of 3,500, have beer! organized in Allegheny county by the American Veterans of Work" War II, the AMVETS, Coylr Cochrane, county commander, an-' nounced yesterday. port, Lawrenceville, Oakn.cnt, West Newton, Clairton and Russcllton have applied for charters, he Pittsburgh Post will meet Wednes- day night at 8 o'clock in Room 313 of the county court house. eye the others quickly recovered consciousness as the fresh air swept in.

He ran to the basement where he found the laundress, clinging dazedly to the laundry tubs. He brought her upstairs and called physician and police. He turned off the innocent appearing heater. "They were all white as sheets," he said. "And I guess was as white as they were." That same night he installed flue on the water heater.

Rescued by Sister The next afternoon, carbon monoxide struck again on the other side of the city. Twelve-year-old Nancy Park was taking a bath in her home at 226 Kearsage street, but she forgot one firm ru. her mother, Mrs, B. J. Park, had established.

She forgot to turn off the heater, also ventless, while remaining in tire bathroom. Alarmed at her stay in the little, ill-ventilated room, her sister, Ruth, 18, finally opened the door. She found Nancy, unconscious on the floor and dragged her out. She was revived by a neighbor, Christ Deshler, of 232 Kearsage street. and was well enough yesterday to be taken home from South- side Hospital.

"All I remember," Nancy said, "is that the room began to whirl around and everything be gan to get black. I knew some thing was wrong and got out of the tub. That's all I recalled until I came to, lying on my bed, I could hear Mr. Deshler talking but I couldn't seem to hear the others at first. I had an awful headache." The Parks had taken the pre caution of drilling holes in the bathroom window sash besides the "heater-oft" family rule Yesterday, they were planning to drill a lot more and Nancy was sure she wouldn't ever for get her mother's rule again Penrisy to Aid Smoke Control Railroad Pledges County-Wide Help The Allegheny Conference on Community Development yester day had the avowed co-operation of the Pennsylvania Railroad in its county-wide smoke prevention campaign.

The proposed county anti-smoke 'ordinance is still under considera tion, however, and the state enabling act authorizing it does not include anti smoke enforcement for railroads. Park H. Martin, executive secretary of the conference, yesterday made public a letter from J. F. Deasy, vice president in charge of operations of the P.

R. asserting that the road will attempt to solve the smoke problem "by the adoption of devices that have proved technologically sound in reduction of smoke." Brain Hemorrhage On Street Fatal John Kingzora, 63, of, 2617 Josephine street, died in Southside Hospital shortly after police found him walking in a dazed condition at South Twenty-eighth and Sarah streets at 5:30 p. m. yesterday. Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage, according to a coroner's report, which said there was no indication of injury.

"4 FATHER MURPHY Poor Box Stolen By Nimble Thief The parishioners ol St. George's Church believe that there's at least one quick-fin gered thief who won't have a very happy New Year that is, if he has a conscience. However, it's doubtful if he has, because, according to police, he did a thoroughly professional job of stealing one of the church poor boxes Christmas night. They explained yesterday that a man entered the church, which is protected by an electric alarm system, at 6:55 p. m.

The alarm rang immediately and seven minutes later, private watchmen had reached the church at 225 Allen avenue, Knoxville. So quickly had the man pried out the poor box, however, that he was gone when they arrived. He also sought money in the crib in a scene of Bethlehem near the altar, tearing down part of the cloth surrounding it but the offerings had already been taken away. I Hospital Drive Reaches 872.561 A total of $872,561 has been contributed to the million-and-a-quarter-dollar memorial fund campaign for Montefiore Hospital and the Y. M.

Y. W. H. it was announced yesterday by Irwin D. Wolf, chairman.

Fund3 will be used to build a nurses home and a new 100-be-d wing, and for repairs and replace ments at the and the hos pital. A progress report luncheon will be held today in Kaufmann s. Coaches Map Next Pay Move Will Meet Today To Outline Program The 50-odd teachers who "dou ble in brass" as athletic coaches in city schools will plan the next move their campaign for after hours coaching pay at a meeting at 11 a. m. today at the Down town YMCA.

The coaches, represented by the Men's Physical Education Teach ers' and Coaches' Association, and the city school board have reached stalemate on the issue which has halted after-hours coaching since November 27. The board fruitlessly countered the coaches' pay raise demand with a proposal of a shift in "hours. Homer C. Wadsworth, city rec reation bureau superintendent, proposed to Judge Harry H. Row-and a fact-finding committee study the matter, but the judge and school board officials declined participation.

He's Here, He's There, Quick Action Saves Two As Monoxide Kills 36th Officials to Confer on Menace as Death Toll in County Passes All-Time Record lramnij Streamlined Vets Administration And School Board Offer Varied Courses The Veterans Administration and the Pittsburgh public schools will open 1946 first semester with a new, accelerated schedule of high school training to meet the specialized need3 of returning servicemen. The new program offers the "speed-up" course, designed to fit almost any job schedule, beginning February 1. Academic courses will be presented at Taylor Allder- dice High school and under the program a veteran may complete the regular four-year academic course in half, or a fraction of the normal four years. This will be made possible by qualifying examinations by which a veteran who proves his knowl edge of a subject may gain formal credit for it. Besides the streamlined schedule of studies, regular, full-time courses will be available as usual in all city high schools.

Vocational Training Offered Other regular and accelerated academic courses will be offered at Schenley Standard Evening High school in which students may earn from one to three semester credits during an 18-week period, Vocational training, both full- and part-time, will be available at Connelly, Washington. Alleehenv ana soutn vocational tiiga scnoois. Veterans may apply during Jan uary at the department of veter ans' education, Room No. 124, board of education building, Belle- lield avenue and Forbes street. They should bring with them transcripts of previous high school work completed, where available and records of military service and schooling.

The academic courses will Include, English, history, economics, mathematics, foreign languages and sciences. Other subjects will be added as a demand arises, ac cording to Dr. Earl A. Dimmick, superintendent of schools. The Taylor-AUderdice courses will be given during the regular school day; the Schenley evening courses will be available from 6:30 to 10:25 p.

m. Many Subjects Covered The vocational courses will in elude aeronautics, automobile me chanics, bricklaying, cabinet mak' ing, electric power, electric wiring. machine shop practice, pattern making, plumbing, printing, radio. refrigeration, sheet metal, trade drafting and arc and acetylene welding. Other trade courses may be added.

Full-time vocational training re quires 30 hours a week; part-time four or more a week. An additional apprentice training program calls for full-time attendance dur ing the basic period and varying plant-and-school periods of train ing later on. The new program Is the result of a contract between the admin istration and the Board of Edu cation. Under it veterans may at tend public schools regardless of age, whereas previously, 21 was the day high school age limit. Be sides this, special tutoring classes will be set up to help veterans in the accelerated program.

Those in the regular classes, however, will be treated the same as non-vet eran students. Officials Honored On Retirement Four executives of the West-inghouse Air Brake Company, the Union Switch Signal Company, Swissvale, were honored over the week end on the occasion of their retirement today after a combined 193 years of service. The men are Sidney G. Down, first vice president; Samuel C. Mc-Conahey, vice president and treasurer, and John B.

Wright, assist ant to the president, all of West-inghouse Air Brake Company, and William H. Cadwallader, vice pres ident of the Union Switch Sig nal Company. He's Everywhere Pax PANT! the edge of a horizontal line. His half-shut eyes will peer accusingly at you. His motto, "Smoe Is Watching" will -send 'a shiver up vour spine.

Some folks say Smoe came into being in the foxholes or Europe. Some declare he originated in war- weary minds in the South Pacific. It's even rumored that ne was born in the bottom of a beer mug, but lots of people have tagged him a visible sign of "conscience." Smoe has an uncanny way of catching his victims red-handed just as they snitch the remains of a leg of lamb out of the ice-box at midnight Or as they sneak down to the nether regions of the furnace room for a quickie when the little woman isn't looking. Just as you grab for the forbidden fruit the words "Smoe is Watching" are apt to appear, his visage leering above them. Has Helpers, Too About all you'll ever see of Smoe is Sraoe's nose.

And those Jeyes and ears. The Vars sometimes take on the character c-f some of vour closest friends: Pointed like I 31, 1943 SECOND i. 1 v. Post-Gazette Photo Mrs. Sylvia Canter tellt her twin.

at 4517 Liberty avenue, and was racing toward his home. He rushed in, saw at a glance what had happened and began hurriedly opening windows. His son Jerry fell down but he and his room in which a gas heater was burning. Alarmed by the number of deaths from flueless stoves, public officials were expected to take positive action this week. Conference Scheduled City Safety Director George E.

A. Fairley has announced that he will confer today with City Solicitor Anne X. Alpern to find what legal action can be taken. "I am in favor of a city ordinance which will make flues on gas heaters mandatory," Colonel Fairley said. Miss Alpern explained that a 1924 ordinance required all heaters to have flues but that it was amended in 1943 to eliminate the flue requirement for gas heaters which did not generate a tem perature of more than 550 degrees, Fahrenheit, at the flue connection, Miss Alpern said.

A series of conferences under the sponsorship of Coroner Wil liam D. McClelland will betrin Thursday at 10 a. m. to find a possible method of combating: the carbon monoxide menace. Attending the conference will be numerous utility company officials, cny neaiui officers, industrial safety directors and research men.

WE Liberty at Oliver 4 1 if- a I a by aS plain a citizen as the one in R. Murphy hopes will' Jme to the American church, and has labored at two years of vr'tingr to help the preacher become just that in the eyes of his congregation. Discussing His rect-nuy Priest Must assistant pastor of Church, Knoxville, Sshed book preach," the ct Canice's Yestprday expressed the hope that frs unique guide in the sermoniz-z technique will serve as a new vi5f of "Life Begins At 40" for fc clergy. Toward that end, in ms voiumei jf ge'f-criticized sermons, Father Murphy attempts to show that the traditions of clerical conduct can fitted into the American per-jonality. Deploring what he cal.s the relegation of preaching to i place of' minor importai'e in the min-ijtn Father Miuphy "The spectacle Qf a vain young man talking down to people who oerhaps are leading far more heroic lives than he is may make an audience think that our seminaries should have intelligence tfsts along with dogma exams, and the rest." Father Murphy cautions the young priest to strengthen his congregation's impression that he is an instrument of God, not "the whole works." "Sun-Telegraph" Buys Property The property bounded by Grant street and Bigelow boulevard, Sixth and Wylie avenues, opposite the William Penn Hotel, has been nld to the Pitt Publishing Cona- pajiv, publisher of the Pittsburgh "Sim-Telegraph" for $500,000, it was learned yesterday.

The property, which includes two small buildings, and the major portion of which is occupied by a narking lot, has a frontage of about 175 feet on Grant street and Bigejow boulevard; 226 feet on Sixth avenue and 166 feet on Wylie avenue. All but a small por tion of the parcel was owned by the Fenn-Fittsburgh Corporation. W. Monteverde, president of the Real Estate Company of Pittsburgh, was the broker in the deal. Overheated Stove Ignites Home Fire caused by an overheated roal stove forced the family of James McAllister to flee their home at 5232 Hillcrest avenue at 4 45 p.

m. yesterday. Starting on" the second floor of the two-story frame house, the flames were extinguished in half sn hour, after causing damage estimated by Battalion Chief Wil- Kuhlman at $1,500, Man Breaks Back In Freak Fall Edmund Campbell, 56, of 207 Ovford drive, Eton Village, was In McKeesport Hospital last night with a broken back result of a freak accident In his home early Saturday. Campbell, attempting to open a bathroom window, heaved a hid too hard on it. As the window came up suddenly he lost his balance and plunged out the window, falling 25 feet to the ground.

If a Balloon But Not Jap One A "Jap balloon" scare wras punctured by army authorities in Pittsburgh yesterday when it was de termined that a balloon grounded four miles north of Oil City, be longed to the air forces. Major Richard P. Brown, Serv Ice Command intelligence officer stationed here, said the balloon, pinned in a tree in the Two Mile Run district, apparently had been used by a Pittsburgh radar sta tion now out of operation. The balloon had been in the tree icr at least one month, persons interviewed told Major Brown. Unions Plan National Headquarters Here A national headquarters for the national federation or indepena r.t Salaried Unions and the Fed fration of Westinghouse Independ r.i salaried Unions will open Wednesday at 600 Grant street.

i-eo F. Bollens is president and Harry C. Jones executive secretary treasurer of both organiza tions. which have a combined membership of about throughout the country. Charge Driver Intoxicated Man Is Held After Auto Accident Charges of driving while intoX' aed and reckless driving were against Charles M.

Srhelhn' il, of 206 Onyx avenue, Mt early yesterday after an utomobile accident in Browns road in which two re hurt. persons olice said that Schellinsrer's car ruck the rear of one operated ntu wiener, so. of 2500 Brent-'fVKi avenue, Brentwood, near the -ntprsection of Brownsville road Alice street about midnight Saturday. Eicher was treated at Southside "sptal for a sprained neck and Mr! EmiIy Eicher, 45, suffered a neck injury and remained at the hospital the By Charles T. Davis Post-Gazette Staff Writer Blackness, a terrible headache.

A falling, whirling dizziness. Then sleep perhaps everlasting sleep. These are the few warning sensations of the silent, invisible death, which by the week-end had struck down 36 persons in Allegheny county and had brushed by dozens more. These were the reactions of five persons, overcome by carbon monoxide gas who lived to tell how it happsned. Friday, Mrs.

Sylvia Canter, her 4-year-old twins, Jarrold and Alan, and her laundress, Ethel Winters, of 160 Paulson avenue, became ill of headaches at the Canter home at 1252 Morningside avenue. Little realizing that their illness stemmed from a tiny, water heater in the basement, Mrs. Canter and the laundress continued their work while her two sons played about the house. Suddenly, the fumes struck. Dizzier and Dizzier "I don't remember too much what happened," Mrs.

Canter, recovered, said yesterday. "I only remember that I began to get dizzier and dizzier and things began to go black. I asked Ethel how she felt and she said she had an awful headache. Then Alan said he felt 'sleepy' and lay down on the couch in the living room. "I remember picking myself up from the kitchen floor next, and starting for the living room.

Jerry told me that I fell down in the dining room, too, but I don't remember that at all, I got to the phone somehow and called my husband," she said. "I was too dazed and dizzy to think to open the windows. Jerry seemed to be all right. Carver Week Program Set Observance Will Be Opened Tomorrow A pageant at Foster Memorial at 8 d. Friday, and Memorial Services' at Trinity Cathedral at 3 n.

m. Sunday will hightlight George Washington Carver Week here. Observances will begin tomorrow when Unit No. 24 of the National Achievement Clubs present a program, "An Afternoon With Carver" at the Community Music Center. 3107 Center avenue.

May or-elect: David L. Lawrence, Pro thonotary David B. Roberts, and Consressman Robert J. Corbett will speak. At 8:30 p.

m. tomorrow, a choir of 200 voices directed by John Dolan Blakey will present an Emancipation Musical at Carnegie Music Hall. Dr. William Lord Imes, president of Knoxville College, and the male quartet of that school will be at the Second Presbyterian Church Sunday at 7 p. m.

under the sponsorship of the Alumni Association of Negro Schools and Colleges of the Presbyterian Church, United States. Saturday, George Washington Carver Day, has been made a National holiday by act of Congress. County Treasurer Fires 26 Special Clerks Twenty-six special clerks in County Treasurer Bernard H. Goodwin's office who had been hired temporarily to handle tax abatements, have received notice of their discharges. Mr.

Goodwin said most of the clerks had been hired since September and that their wages average from $125 to 5160 a month. Look Out! Nate the Fox, Kilroy, Che-Chee Are on Job, Too a wolf's ears or strangely resem bline a porker's. Smoe has friends and helpers. too. There's "Nate the Fox," who sticks his nose, eyes and ears around corners just like Smoe.

The sieht of Nate is enough to make you swear off for life. Other friends of Smoe are the now-famous Kilroy whose name appeared everywhere in advance of- United States troops during the war. "Kilroy was here," his legend reads, and don be surprised it you find it scrawled on the mirror as you shave tomorrow. Another crony of Smoe is the mysterious who keeps IS trainmen busy scrubbing his name off baggage cars. All in all, with New Year's Eve iust around the corner it seems rather futile to sign the pledge.

You're bound to see Smoe, Nate, Kilroy or Che-Chee just the same. Smoe and his friends are nui sances, all right. But aren't they fun? The "cold weather killer" carbon monoxide poisoning paused at a Penn avenue house yesterday afternoon, but quick action by police saved the. lives of a mother and her son. This near-tragedy occurred as city and county authorities appalled at the regularity with which the deadly fumes have snuffed out lives shaped plans to combat the menace.

The death toll for the county from carbon monoxide for 1945 is 36, exceeding the all-time previous record of 34 in 1943. Latest victims were Mrs. Car- mella Fello, 55, of 4106 Penn avenue, and her son, William, 31, who were tound unconscious in tneir home yesterday at 5 p. m. by Jack Lawton of Milgate street, when he went to the home to call on William.

Defective Flue Blamed They had been felled by fumes from a hot-water heater in the basement which police said had a defective flue. Patrolmen Edward Vogler and Leo Engel administered oxygen to the Fellos for over two hours before they were revived. Mrs. Fello was taken to St. Francis Hospital and her son was treated by a physician at home.

The latest fatality caused by the fumes was Merrill Williams, 35, of 810 Ann street. Homestead, wiio was found dead Saturday in Forest County Bond Leader First in Fort Pitt Area to Pass Quota A sensational gain in bond purchases put- Forest County over the top yesterday, first of the 19 counties in the Fort Pitt area to pass its "E'V bond quota. The large sale moved Forest County from fourteenth to first place and from 76.1 per cent of its quota to 112.3 per cent The Victohy Loan, eighth and fi nal of the great war financing projects, ends tonight. Allegheny County and the Fort Pitt area are still far below their bond goals although they are far over in all other issues. Additional bond purchases today were the only hope of attaining the area and county goals, Robert H.

McClintic, state vice president of the War Finance Committee, said yesterday. The latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank shows Allegheny County at 78.1 per cent of its $25,975,000 bond goaL Waste Paper Need Increases Christmas wrappings and gift boxes that are cluttering up the cellar trash boxes should be saved and contributed to the next city-wide paper and rag drive which will open Monday, January 14. P. H. Davis, chairman of the drive, yesterday urged housewives not to burn the Christmas wrappings but save them along with every other scrap of paper.

"The paper situation i3 getting more serious rather than easing up," he said. Smoe Is Watching, So AND MAY IT BE EVER HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS Like pennies from heaven, our extra holiday today courtesy of Jonasson's, who love their own, too. We sincerely hope good fortune smiles upon you in the New Year and we know of bigger and better plans to serve you faithfully in the Jonasson Manner. And He Has Some Friends and Helpers, You Can Rest Assured By Constance Humphrey Post-Gazette Staff Writer Remember the little men who run up and down the counterpane the morning after? The ones who bong you on the bean with their little hammers? Well, they're here to stay. No longer will the little men confine their visits to New Year's Day at 9 a.

m. or the morning after your twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebration. The little critters have not only-taken on substance they now have the nerve to scrawl their WATCHING names and draw their pictures in the most amazing places. Have you met No? You wilL He's Everywhere You're likelv to find Smoe's countenance scrawled on a piece of paper in your coat pocket his lone and bulbous nose draped over WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOP WEDNESDAY 10 A. M.

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